16 August 2023

Acting editor Patrice Dougan watches as electioneering mimics the primary care reform report-go-round

Ranche Johnson is a specialist GP at Tiakina Te Ora in Papakura, Auckland, clinical director of the National Hauora Coalition and RNZCGP fellowship assessor and medical educator. She enjoys spending time on Waiheke Island

Olli Hellmann provides a distinctive view of what used to be known and loved as Bird of the Year

Adapting to the ongoing impact of climate change is the new reality for primary care in remote regions such as Tairāwhiti, says Michelle Te Kira

Te Whatu Ora has downplayed any suggestion of a conflict of interest in the award of a major IT contract to a company formerly led by its new chief data and digital officer, Leigh Donoghue

Reporter Martin Johnston reports on a frank conversation with an owner of a general practice that is only just paying the bills

General practice leaders are dumbfounded by an email in which health minister Ayesha Verrall refers to receiving advice that the sector was happy to let its contract negotiating process remain in limbo

In the US, the FDA approved the first oral medication indicated to treat postpartum depression, Zuranolone (Zurzuvae; Biogen and Sage)

From rural Wairoa to Sydney to Ōtara, Auckland specialist GP Sue Tutty outlined at GP23 the unlikely trajectory of her medical career

A Cuban chemical research scientist on a recent whistlestop tour of New Zealand has shared the experience of her country’s biotech industry and COVID-19 vaccine development